Where are the Dead: in Heaven, Hell, the Grave, or Paradise?

Where are the Dead: in Heaven, Hell, the Grave, or Paradise? Welcome to BibleStudyMinistry.com, your online Bible Study Supplement Source. Today we are conducting an extensive study on the decease. We want to use the scriptures to come to a conclusion.

FYI, we identify “the Christ” by name as Msindisi, which means Savior in the Xhosa language. We now address and acknowledge him as who the world portrays as Jesus Christ. Also, Israel we refer to as Akobe or Abantu, the same for Jacob. The name Jacob was originally Akobe or Acob before both the “Y” and especially the “J” were introduced to the letter system.

Let us begin.

In Luke’s account of the gospel, at the time of the death of Msindisi the Anointed, two thieves were being killed with him. They engaged in a conversation that helped spark the life after death conversation. Let’s listen in:

Luke 23:39-43 the question at hand was, will Msindisi remember him when Msindisi comes into His kingdom.

Verse 39, And one of the malefactors which were hanged railed on him, saying, If thou be Anointed Son, save yourself and us. 40, But the other answering rebuked him, saying, Do you not fear the Eternal Father, seeing you are in the same condemnation? 41, And we indeed justly; for we receive the due reward of our deeds: but this man has done nothing amiss. 42, And he said unto Msindisi, Master, remember me when you come into your kingdom. 43, And Msindisi said unto him, Verily I say unto you, Today you will be with me in paradise.

There are a couple ways to look at this based on the punctuation. “Verily, I say unto you today, you will be with me in paradise.”

Notice the “comma” comes after the word “today” in the sentence previous. And most English scholars will tell you that this somewhat changes the nature of the sentence. As oppose to how it is placed in the original KJV text where the “comma” come before the word “today.”

After Today

After the word today gives the expression that Msindisi is saying to the man, verily I say to you this moment, you will be with me in paradise. It’s like he is declaring something and putting the time he declared it, which that case would have been “today” as in at that time.

So when that thief says he was promised paradise by the Anointed Son, when he is asked when did this promise take place, he could refer to that specific day in history when Msindisi said that to him.

Does this make sense?

Before Today

The comma before the word today expresses something a bit different. Verily, I say to you, today you will be with me in paradise. This expresses that the thief and Msindisi will be in paradise that day. It suggest that when they die, they will be off into paradise (today, present day for them at that time).

So, what is the truth or reality in this instance? Most logical and reasoning people will go back to the thief’s original question or request. The question was, “Remember me when you come into your Kingdom.”

Then our question then becomes, when does the Anointed Son go into his Kingdom?

Christ’s Kingdom

All prophets and children of the Eternal Father knew about a Kingdom for His people. The Eternal Father attempted to establish this Kingdom on the earth plenty of times. With Adam, again with Moses, and again with Samuel, Saul, and David. However, every time He would establish it, His people would rebel. Therefore, the next time this kingdom would be established, it will be with the son of David, referring to the Anointed Son, Msindisi.

Observe the question asked by the disciples upon Msindisi’s ascension.

Acts 1:6 When they therefore were come together, they asked of him, saying, Master, will you at this time restore again the kingdom to Akobe (Jacob)?

Such a question makes it clear they knew about a righteous kingdom being established on the earth. Even Msindisi’s response confirms so that leads to another question. When will the kingdom or house of Akobe be restored to its original glory?

The Last Day

John 6:39 And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

In the book of Isaiah, chapter 66, the Almighty shares His return to the earth with fire and chariots. He is returning to root evil out of the earth and restore His people.

Take a look:

15, For, behold, the Almighty will come with fire, and with his chariots like a whirlwind, to render his anger with fury, and his rebuke with flames of fire.

16, For by fire and by his sword will the Almighty plead with all flesh: and the slain of the Almighty shall be many.

The apostle Paul wrote about Isaiah’s vision of the Almighty returning with fire and chariots in his letter to the Thessalonians. See 2nd Thessalonians 1:6 Seeing it is a righteous thing with the Creator to recompense tribulation to them that trouble you; 7, And to you who are troubled rest with us, when the Master Msindisi shall be revealed from heaven with his mighty angels,

8, In flaming fire taking vengeance on them that know not the Creator, and that obey not the gospel of our Master Msindisi the Anointed Son: 9, Who shall be punished with everlasting destruction from the presence of the Eternal Father, and from the glory of his power; 10, When he shall come to be glorified in his saints, and to be admired in all them that believe (because our testimony among you was believed) in that day.

It would be the last day and he would come with fire and chariots uprooting evil from the earth.

Therefore, Paul quoted the prophet Isaiah when the Anointed One would come and establish the kingdom. Let’s read a little further in Isaiah 66, as the Almighty details who will be targets of destruction at the time He is appropriating His Kingdom:

Verse 17, They that sanctify themselves, and purify themselves in the gardens behind one tree in the midst, eating swine’s flesh, and the abomination, and the mouse, shall be consumed together, saith the Almighty.

18, For I know their works and their thoughts: it shall come, that I will gather all nations and tongues (languages); they shall come, and see my glory.

19, I will set a sign among them, and I will send those that escape of them unto the nations, to Tarshish, Pul, and Lud, that draw the bow, to Tubal, and Javan, to the isles afar off, that have not heard my fame, neither have seen my glory; they shall declare my glory among the Gentiles.

20, And they shall bring all your brethren for an offering unto the Almighty out of all nations upon horses, in chariots, in litters, upon mules, and upon swift beasts, to my holy mountain Jerusalema, saith the Almighty, as the children of Akobe bring an offering in a clean vessel into the house of the Almighty.

21, I will also take of them for priests and for Levites, saith the Almighty. 22, For as the new heavens and the new earth, which I will make, shall remain before me, saith the Almighty, so shall your seed and your name remain.

23, And it shall come to pass, that from one new moon to another, and from one sabbath to another, shall all flesh come to worship before me, saith the Almighty.

24, And they shall go forth, and look upon the carcases of the men that have transgressed against me: for their worm shall not die, neither shall their fire be quenched; they shall be an abhorring unto all flesh.

This is when evil is removed from the earth so that the Almighty’s people can finally live in peace and serve Him. Another chapter details the arrival of His Kingdom. The entire chapter of Isaiah 61 tells about the restoration of the House of Akobe.

Verse 1, The Spirit of the Almighty Power is upon me; because the Almighty hath anointed me to preach good tidings unto the meek; he hath sent me to bind up the brokenhearted, to proclaim liberty to the captives, and the opening of the prison to them that are bound;

2, To proclaim the acceptable year of the Almighty, and the day of vengeance of our Eternal Father; to comfort all that mourn;

3, To appoint unto them that mourn in Jerusalema, to give unto them beauty for ashes, the oil of joy for mourning, the garment of praise for the spirit of heaviness; that they might be called trees of righteousness, the planting of the Almighty, that he might be glorified.

4, And they shall build the old wastes, they shall raise up the former desolations, and they shall repair the waste cities, the desolations of many generations.

5, And strangers shall stand and feed your flocks, and the sons of the alien shall be your plowmen and your vinedressers.

6, But you shall be named the Priests of the Almighty: men shall call you the Ministers of our Creator: you shall eat the riches of the Gentiles, and in their glory shall you boast yourselves.

7, For your shame you shall have double; for confusion they shall rejoice in their portion: therefore in their land they shall possess the double: everlasting joy shall be unto them.

8, For I the Almighty love judgment, I hate robbery for burnt offering; I will direct their work in truth, and I will make an everlasting covenant with them.

9, And their seed shall be known among the Gentiles, and their offspring among the people: all that see them shall acknowledge them, that they are the seed which the Almighty hath enriched.

10, I will greatly rejoice in the Almighty, my soul shall be joyful in my Creator; for he hath clothed me with the garments of salvation, he hath covered me with the robe of righteousness, as a bridegroom decketh himself with ornaments, and as a bride adorneth herself with her jewels.

This is in the future.

It is a future time when the Eternal Father establishes this Kingdom through His Anointed Son.

Therefore, the Kingdom of the Anointed Son, known biblically as the millennial reign or the thousand-year reign is the last day or the day of rest.

So, to refocus us on our topic of where are the dead, it is a assumption. Most people have been brought up under the assumption that once a living soul dies, the soul either goes to heaven or hell. Heaven, if they have done well in life, hell if they have done evil. Therefore, when the thief asked the Anointed Son to remember him, he was speaking for the Son to remember him when he goes into his kingdom.

Msindisi will go into his kingdom on the last day.

We are still waiting on this day. Therefore when he said to the thief, “Today” you will be with me in paradise it is conclusive it was a reference to His kingdom. But is the Anointed’s Kingdom the same as Paradise? Is there another angle to this, a side door if you will.

It is still speculative because of the wording. We do know it was a reference to what happens after the death of this temporary life known as probation. This insinuates repentant people, their spirits go to a paradise of sorts. Or, it was in reference to his kingdom that would take place on the last day. This would mean that all who die wait until the last day to be resurrected. From there, some go with Msindisi into his kingdom.

Let’s further examine this and look at another letter by Paul concerning this topic.

1st Corinthians chapter 15:

Verse 12, Now if the Anointed be preached that he rose from the dead, how say some among you that there is no resurrection of the dead? 13, But if there be no resurrection of the dead, then is the Anointed not risen: 14, And if the Anointed be not risen, then is our preaching vain, and your faith is also vain.

Paul explaining that the teachings of the Anointed, the Greeks called the Anointed, the Christ, even his teachings about life after death is vital for our faith. If we do not believe in the doctrine of the resurrection from the dead, we are all living for nothing. Paul continues:

Verse 20, But now is the Anointed risen from the dead, and become the firstfruits of them that slept. 21, For since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead. 22, For as in Adam all die, even so in the Anointed shall all be made alive. 23, But every man in his own order: the Anointed the firstfruits; afterward they that are the Anointed’s at his coming.

His coming? His coming to what? More than likely we would in a vote, the majority of us would profess his coming to his Kingdom. What Paul expressed in this short segment of his writings is that Msindisi the Anointed is and was the first of the Father’s fruit raised from death to eternal life. Everyone else will follow this order, at his coming…

In this instance, where does that leave the dead?

Dead or what the Bible calls “asleep” if they remain that way until His coming. However, this needs to be explored a bit more.

Two Deceased Guys with Msindisi

It says in Matthew 17:1, After six days Msindisi took Peter, James, and John his brother, and brought them up into an high mountain apart, 2, And was transfigured before them: his face did shine as the sun, and his raiment was white as the light. 3, And, behold, there appeared unto them Moses and Elias talking with him.

Okay, Peter, James, and John went with Msindisi into a high mountain away from everyone. They witnessed the Anointed Son transfigured before their face. In this transfiguration, they saw Moses, who we know had long since passed away, see Deuteronomy chapter 34. Also, they saw Elias, who is Elijah.

What is happening here?

We would probably get a better background of the story from Mark’s point of view.

Mark 9:1, And he said unto them, Verily I say unto you, That there be some of them that stand here, which shall not taste of death, till they have seen the kingdom of God come with power. 2, And after six days Msindisi took with him Peter, and James, and John, and led them up into an high mountain apart by themselves: and he was transfigured before them. 3, And his raiment became shining, exceeding white as snow; so as no fuller on earth can white them. 4, And there appeared unto them Elias with Moses: and they were talking with Msindisi.

Okay, the Anointed Son was speaking to a crowd. He said to them, there are people there presently that would not taste of death until they have seen the kingdom of God or the Almighty, come with power. Then six days later, the Anointed Son took Peter, James, and John to the high mountain where they were transfigured. They saw both Moses and Elias.

There are a couple of things to unpack.

First, we have to presume, Peter, James, and John all died years later. They saw the Kingdom in the transfiguration. They saw Msindisi standing with Moses and Elias, in the Anointed Kingdom. “There be some of them that stand here, which shall not tase of death until they have seen the Kingdom of the Almighty come with power.” Six days later Peter, James, and John saw a glimpse of the Kingdom with power in the transfiguration.

Two, the question is was Moses and Elias alive in the flesh? Was this a vision? Were they alive in a spirit form? What was the composition of these two great prophets of the Almighty during this transfiguration?

The Christian community at large will say this is Moses and Elias in Heaven, or in the Paradise the Anointed spoke of to the thief on the cross. It is hard to conclude without foundation.

No Man Has Gone to Heaven?!?

This next scripture is something of wonder. Msindisi clearly makes an emphatic statement. Nevertheless, we believe there was some level of tampering with this scripture (as with many others). But for now, we will leave it as is. Let’s take a look at it:

John 3:11, Verily, verily, I say unto thee, We speak that we do know, and testify that we have seen; and ye receive not our witness. 12, If I have told you earthly things, and ye believe not, how shall ye believe, if I tell you of heavenly things? 13, And no man hath ascended up to heaven, but he that came down from heaven, even the Son of man which is in heaven.

The Anointed declared that we, he and his disciples, speak what they know and testify of what they have seen. However, most people did not believe them. Then he declares that “no man” has ascended or gone up to heaven except he that came down from heaven. He was speaking of himself as the one who came down from heaven. Obviously, you can see where we had a conflict with this scripture. The reference to Son of man would be himself, but it says, “even the Son of man which is in heaven.”

He wasn’t in heaven at the time, so to a trained seer or scribe, this scripture appears to have been tampered with or mistranslated. At face value, no man, which is absolute, has gone to Heaven except he that came down from Heaven.

Question. Where then are all the deceased from the time of Adam and Eve, until now? In a sense, we have ruled out Heaven. What’s left in Paradise and hell.

Rich Man and Lazarus

To throw even another wrinkle into this study, we bring to light the story of the rich man and Lazarus. This story points out where the question of Paradise and hell left off. Let’s take a look at it:

Luke 16:19 There was a certain rich man, which was clothed in purple and fine linen, and fared sumptuously every day: 20, And there was a certain beggar named Lazarus, which was laid at his gate, full of sores, 21, And desiring to be fed with the crumbs which fell from the rich man’s table: moreover, the dogs came and licked his sores.

Lazarus could not catch a break.

Verse 22, And it came to pass, that the beggar died, and was carried by the angels into Abram’s bosom: the rich man also died, and was buried; 23, And in hell he lift up his eyes, being in torments, and saw Abram afar off, and Lazarus in his bosom.

Now for us reading, it is clear that Msindisi, the Anointed, is telling a story. Typically, before his stories, he would tell the audience he was telling a story or parable. For instance, in Matthew 21:33, he said to the audience, “Listen to another parable.”

Even Luke the ascribed author of this book did not state this was a parable or story. So the question is, is Msindisi telling a story or a true event? Regardless, in his parables, there is a message. The begger died and was taken by the angels into Abram’s bosom. This reminds me of how movies have it where the spirit is guided back to a place of peace. Abram’s bosom represents that peace and paradise. The rich man died and was buried. Uh oh?! The rich man is not in heaven, and definitely not in Abram’s bosom. Where is he?

Let’s continue the story.

Verse 24, And he cried and said, Father Abram, have mercy on me, and send Lazarus, that he may dip the tip of his finger in water, and cool my tongue; for I am tormented in this flame. 25, But Abram said, Son, remember that thou in thy lifetime received your good things, and likewise Lazarus evil things: but now he is comforted, and you are tormented.

Abram is having a full conversation, yet we know that according to the story of the Bible, he passed away years, centuries, even millenials prior. Is Abram speaking in the spirit, in spirit form, or the flesh? Is he in Heaven? If he is in Heaven, did this contradict what Msindisi spoke in regards to “NO MAN” having ascended into Heaven? Or is Abram in Paradise? Let’s continue for the answers.

Verse 26, And beside all this, between us and you there is a great gulf fixed: so that they which would pass from here to you cannot; neither can they pass to us, that would come from there. 27, Then he said, I pray thee therefore, father, that you would send him to my father’s house: 28, For I have five brethren; that he may testify unto them, lest they also come into this place of torment.

This is a running conversation between Abram, who’d been deceased, and the rich man who also was deceased. The rich man saw someone from his generation, the poor Lazarus, and desired for Abram to allow Lazarus to give him a drop of water.

Further, he asked Abram, an authoritative figure in this “Paradise,” to send Lazarus to visit his brothers. His brothers were just like him, selfish with no bother or concern with the Eternal Father. Are these guys deceased and are in spirit form now or is all of this one big vision? Is it simply a story from Msindisi to drive home a point? What say ye?

Verse 29, Abram saith unto him, They have Moses and the prophets; let them hear them. 30, And he said, No, father Abram: but if one went unto them from the dead, they will repent.

The rich man said “No Abram, I had Moses and the prophets and look what it did for me; look where I ended up. Send someone from the dead back to them. However, that is not how it works people. This life, this tryout, this probationary period, is about faith. If we were shown what is behind the curtain we call the sky or what the flesh or human body is blocking us from seeing, we would no longer need faith.

We do not need faith to go home and cook a meal. We know we have a house and we know we have food in it. All we have to do is take action. However, we do not know with certainty what’s beyond the sky, thus we must operate on faith. The faith stems from what we observe, read, study, and apply. Let’s continue:

Verse 31, And he said unto him, If they hear not Moses and the prophets, neither will they be persuaded, though one rose from the dead.

The reason people do not believe in the message of Msindisi the Anointed One is that they have already dismissed the messages of the men and women sent before him. They do not believe in Moses and the prophets. Because people do not believe in the lesser events, they aren’t granted the greater events and mysteries. We have a higher-level Abantu Kingdom of Priests Preparatory Institute where we go into the deeper mysteries of the Kingdom of the Great Creator. However, if you cannot accept basic things in BibleStudyMinistry.com, why should we bother about the greater mysteries?

In the rich man and Lazarus story, we should be asking ourselves was this real or a story from Msindisi. If it is real, how do we calibrate it with other things he said that appear to contradict this story? We know Abram died, see Genesis 25:7-9. We know he was buried in the cave of Machpelah, South Africa, modern-day, that he purchased, in the field of Ephron the son of Zohar the Hittite, which is before Mamre. Thus, if Abram died and no man has ascended to heaven, where did this conversation take place?

Now let us enter the esoteric phase of this study.

Solomon’s Memoirs

King Solomon of the Kingdom of Akobe is accredited for the writings found in the Book of Ecclesiastes. He is also accredited for having the most wisdom of any man. The Creator visited him twice in dreams or visions and gave him much knowledge and wisdom. He appears to have become spoiled by this wisdom and knowledge in his later years. This was due to establishing ties in business by the use of women who became his wives. Nonetheless, what an individual publishes in the height of their glory cannot be taken away just because they had a stroke or suffer dementia. In other words, his wisdom is solidified as much as Michael Jordan’s Six-NBA-Championships are. With that, let us take a look at some of what this former king stated in his memoirs.

Ecclesiastes 3:17 I said in mine heart, the Almighty shall judge the righteous and the wicked: for there is a time there for every purpose and for every work. 18, I said in mine heart concerning the estate of the sons of men, that the Almighty might manifest them, and that they might see that they themselves are beasts. 19, For that which befalls the sons of men befalls beasts; even one thing befalls them: as the one dies, so dies the other; yes, they have all one breath; so that a man hath no preeminence above a beast: for all is vanity.

All the sons of Adam have the same thing in common with the caveman, dog, cattle, and Japanese bush warbler (or the uguisu bird). They all die or will die.

Verse 20, All go unto one place; all are of the dust, and all turn to dust again. 21, Who knows the spirit of man that goes upward, and the spirit of the beast that goes downward to the earth? 22, Wherefore I perceive that there is nothing better, than that a man should rejoice in his own works; for that is his portion: for who shall bring him to see what shall be after him?

The former king says, we all go to one place after death, to the ground. Then he speculates as good as we do today.

He asks, “Who knows if the spirit of man goes up and the spirit of the beast goes down.”

We do not know for sure, so all we can do, he says, is be happy in our works as we are alive. The issue wasn’t closed for him, so he continues in another chapter.

Ecclesiastes 12:1 Remember now your Creator in the days of your youth, while the evil days come not, nor the years draw nigh, when you shalt say, I have no pleasure in them;

Think about your Creator while you are young, before life gets bitter and chaotic. And think, because of technology, youth are actually older than their chronological age. So they have even less time to get acquainted with their Creator.

Solomon continues, Verse 5, Also when they shall be afraid of that which is high, and fears shall be in the way, and the almond tree shall flourish, and the grasshopper shall be a burden, and desire shall fail: because man goes to his long home, and the mourners go about the streets:

Learn about your Creator while you’re young so you are not afraid of death like so many people are. When we learn about our Creator, we’ll learn death is comparable to leaving boarding school or college, and returning home. Boarding school/college in this metaphor, being time on earth, home is with our Eternal Father. Solomon ends with a very powerful statement:

Verse 7, Then shall the dust return to the earth as it was: and the spirit shall return unto the Creator who gave it.

Wait a minute!

The dust or the body we bury in the earth. However, the spirit will return to the Creator who gave it. That is beyond interesting and it holds many ideas. Let’s extrapolate some of these ideas.

Spirit of the Almighty

King Solomon said the spirit will return to the Creator who gave it. A well-known man of the scriptures is Job. Job had an elaborate back-and-forth dialogue with his counterparts. The dialogue was concerning his situation and the negative life happenstances he endured or was enduring. In their conversations, all parties stated things that were and are monumental, to say the least.

Let’s look into it:

Job 27:1 Moreover Job continued his parable, and said, 2, As the Almighty lives, who hath taken away my judgment, and the Almighty, who hath vexed my soul; 3, All the while my breath is in me, and the spirit of the Almighty is in my nostrils; 4, My lips shall not speak wickedness, nor my tongue utter deceit.

The spirit of the Almighty is in his nostrils. Once again, this is a scripture that many biblical stewards will use to make different points. One side suggests that the spirit from Ecclesiastes 12 verse 7, which goes back to the Creator who gave it, is the air that we breathe.

In a study we did in the past titled, the Many Forms of the Spirit of the Creator, it is evident there is not just one. The spirit of the Almighty comes in the form of thoughts, air, angels, and the Word of the Creator to name a few. Job in this instance uses the air we breathe, which of course is supported by the creation scripture.

Genesis 2:7 And the Almighty Creator formed man of the dust of the ground, and breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul.

Does this mean the spirit of the Almighty that Solomon said returns to the Creator is the air we are breathing? Does that piece of air that the now deceased person breaths go back to the Creator? Does the Creator place that piece of air in a jar or cabinet? Does that chunk of air wait until the last day? I apologize for sounding trivial, but these are legitimate questions needed for clarification on this subject. This is because we can take these forms of the Spirit of the Almighty and use them as we wish or see fit.

The breath of life is the air we breath…

The air we are breathing right now is the breath of life. And in some circles, it is considered the spirit of God or the Almighty. Job stated his breath was in him and the spirit of the Almighty was in his nostrils. This is a deduction moment; the air we breathe is what Job considered the “spirit of the Almighty.”

This was supported by the Genesis 2:7 scripture where the Creator breathed into the nostrils of Adam and Adam became a living soul. This routine is what we have in our day and the scripture insinuates this to illuminate that we, the sons of Adam, were lifeless souls of dirt before our Maker breathed the breath of life into us. We were nothing until the spirit of the Almighty was placed into us. In this case, the spirit of the Almighty is the air we breathe.

In Psalm 104, the course of the day of humans and beasts is outlined. See what the Psalmist wrote:

Verse 21, The young lions roar after their prey, and seek their meat from the Creator. 22, The sun arises, they gather themselves together, and lay them down in their dens. 23, Man goes forth unto his work and to his labour until the evening.

Normal daily routines for the young lions, the sun in the sky, and man; we recognize this.

Verse 27, These wait all upon You; that You may give them their meat in due season. 28, That You give them, they gather: You open Your hand, they are filled with good. 29, You hide Your face, they are troubled: You take away their breath, they die, and return to their dust.

When the Almighty takes turns from man and beasts, they are in trouble. When He cuts the cords and takes away their breath that He gave in the beginning, they die. They begin to decay and return to their dust.

Dust thou are, until dust thou shall return.

So, when Solomon said who knows if the spirit of man goes up and the spirit of beast goes down, was this is reference to the air we breath? Why would that be the king’s analogy for what happens after we die? What is true is that the air we breathe is a form of spirit and considered the spirit of the Almighty from the literary-biblical standpoint. However, so far, it is not conclusive that the dead are in heaven, hell, the grave, or in a paradise.

Let me know so far where you suggest they are based on the scriptures we have reviewed thus far.

The Faith of the Ancestors

Faith is the substance of things hoped for and the evidence of things not seen. You know when Paul wrote this, everyone back then were saying, “That’s deep!“

This would have been retweeted, made an instagram quotable, and all of that. By faith, the elders or ancestors obtained a good report. In this chapter, the author goes in on all the faithful works these ancestors did.

Hebrews 11:4 By faith Abel offered unto the Creator a more excellent sacrifice than Cain, by which he obtained witness that he was righteous, the Almighty testifying of his gifts: and by it he being dead yet speaketh.

Abel was faithful and did well. Then he was killed and died.

Verse 7, By faith Noa, being warned by the Creator of things not seen as yet, moved with fear, prepared an ark to the saving of his house; by the which he condemned the world, and became heir of the righteousness which is by faith. 8, By faith Abram, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; he went out, not knowing whither he went.

Noa and Abram both moved by belief in what was commanded to them.

There were Faithful Women Too.

Verse 11, Through faith also Sara herself received strength to conceive seed, and was delivered of a child when she was past age, because she judged him faithful who had promised.

Sara may have laughed, but if the Creator told me in ten years I’d be the starting point guard for the Miami Heat, I would probably laugh too. I’d be terrified, thinking about how my joints would feel after each game. Or what about something else? What if I were to be the president of Nigeria or South Africa, I would get a quick smile-type laugh. I would sober up knowing the Creator stated it. This is what Sara did when she was told she would have a child north of 70 years of age.

But wait, there’s more…

Verse 32, And what shall I more say? for the time would fail me to tell of Gideon, of Barak, of Samson, and of Jephthae; of David also, Samuel, and of the prophets:

There are a host of people who all died in faith and did they go back to Heaven, hell, the graveyard, or paradise?

Verse 13, These all died in faith, not having received the promises, but having seen them afar off, and were persuaded of them, embraced them, and confessed that they were strangers and pilgrims on the earth. 39, And these all, having obtained a good report through faith, received not the promise: 40, the Almighty having provided some better thing for us, that they without us should not be made perfect.

They obtained a good report by their faith or belief, but they did not receive the promise of being made perfect. In this trial or probationary life, we live, we live imperfect lives. We are imperfect beings. We have to manage our emotions, we get tired, we get old, we have so many things to overcome.

Many of us scoff at the idea of living our lives the way Msindisi taught in Matthew chapters 5, 6, and 7. He taught perfection. The level of perfection we have to rise to, to overcome all things is what he outlined. This way, we can receive the promise of a perfected body, in a perfect Kingdom.

The author proclaims all of these great ancestors have not received this promise as of yet.

So, we ask, are the deceased in paradise, in the grave, in Heaven, or hell?

The Anointed said no man has gone to Heaven but He who came down. That rules out Heaven. The grave is where the body goes for all mankind and beasts. The spirit returns to Him who gave it, a sort of paradise in Abram’s bosom. Or is this a safety lock box with the breath of life and total thoughts of that person? Like an external hard drive of their entire life bottled up in their spirit? Could be. Let’s go a bit further.

They all died in faith without receiving the promises but saw them. They were persuaded by the promises of the Almighty. These children of the Most-High also understood this life was a short trial on earth. They were pilgrims living on the earth for a short time as strangers. They did not receive the promises.

Questions!

What are the promises they should receive? How does the author know they did not receive the promises? Those were my questions; you may have more. Let’s see if we can answer my questions first.

We know being made perfect is one.

Leave My Soul in Hell

When Peter addressed the men of Akobe during the Holy High Sabbath of the Feast of Weeks, he taught something special. It is special as it pertains to life and death and the soul of the individual. It is in Act Chapter 2; let’s look at it:

Verse 22, Ye men of Akobe, hear these words; Msindisi of Nazareth (Nasarawa or Naza), a man approved of the Almighty Father among you by miracles and wonders and signs, which the Almighty did by him in the midst of you, as you yourselves also know: 23, Him, being delivered by the determinate counsel and foreknowledge of the Almighty, you have taken, and by wicked hands have crucified and slain:

Peter is informing the people of what they have done and to whom they did it to. Quiet down and list in some more, go ahead, Peter.

Verse 24, Whom the Almighty hath raised up, having loosed the pains of death: because it was not possible that he should be holden of it. 25, For David spoke concerning him (the Anointed Son), I foresaw the Anointed always before my face, for he is on my right hand, that I should not be moved: 26, Therefore did my heart rejoice, and my tongue was glad; moreover also my flesh shall rest in hope: 27, Because You wilt not leave my soul in hell, neither will You suffer Your Holy One to see corruption.

Peter said this so the audience knew it was not former King David speaking about the Anointed Son, but the Eternal Father. Further, the Father would not keep the Anointed One’s soul or body in hell. In this instance, hell is equivalent to the grave. When someone dies, their body is placed in a state of hell, the grave. The Almighty did not have this done with Msindisi the Anointed because He raised him up.

Thus, the body goes to the grave or hell, but where was Msindisi’s spirit for those three days and three nights? In a vault in Heaven like the rest of the deceased? Was he simply asleep? What do you say?

Peter was quoting from the book of Psalms. Here is what the Psalmist wrote:

Psalm 30:2, O Almighty my Creator, I cried unto You, and You have healed me. 3, O Almighty, You have brought up my soul from the grave: You have kept me alive, that I should not go down to the pit.

Going back to Peter’s speech to his people he says:

Acts 2:29, Men and brethren, let me freely speak unto you about the patriarch David, that he is both dead and buried, and his sepulchre is with us unto this day.

David has been deceased and buried and his grave is with us to this very day, Peter acknowledges.

Verse 30, Therefore being a prophet, and knowing that the Almighty had sworn with an oath to him, that of the fruit of his loins, according to the flesh, he would raise up the Anointed Son to sit on his throne;

David was a prophet and knew the Almighty gave him a covenant that from his DNA genetic makeup, he would have a descendant son. This son would be the Anointed One to sit on the throne of David.

Verse 31, He seeing this before spake of the resurrection of the Anointed, that his soul was not left in hell, neither his flesh did see corruption.

David saw this before he wrote about the resurrection of the Anointed, this the Anointed’ soul would not be left in hell or the grave to see corruption.

Continuing at verse 32, This Msindisi has the Great Creator raised up, whereof we all are witnesses. 33, Therefore being by the right hand of the Eternal Father exalted, and having received of the Father the promise of the Holy Ghost, he hath shed forth this, which ye now see and hear.

Now watch this…

Verse 34, For David is not ascended into the heavens: but he saith himself, The Almighty said unto my Anointed, Sit thou on my right hand, Until I make thy foes thy footstool.

Peter’s point is to make us aware King David was not writing about himself. Our point is that King David is deceased and buried. And where is he? Dead? In a grave? In Heaven? In Hell? Where?

All of the great ancestors we read about in Hebrews chapter 11 did not receive the promise. Msindisi the Anointed proclaimed no man has ascended into Heaven except he that came down from Heaven. Where does that leave all the ancestors from Hebrews 11?

From a biblical perspective, it has to be conclusive that they are in the grave. They are about as unconscious as a sleeping man in our realm right now. Their spirit has returned to the Great Creator, locked in a vault. They are like the hard drive of a computer being removed from the computer. The computer is the body, and the hard drive is the spirit. This is what the scriptures are painting for us, at least for me.

Here’s another burst of the bubble.

1st Timothy 6:13 I give thee charge in the sight of the Almighty, who quickeneth all things, and before the Anointed Msindisi, who before Pontius Pilate witnessed a good confession; 14, That thou keep this commandment without spot, unrebukable, until the appearing of our Master Msindisi the Anointed: 15, Which in his times he shall shew, who is the endowed and only Potentate, the King of kings, and Lord of lords;

He’s the burst…

Verse 16, Who only hath immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach unto; whom no man hath seen, nor can see: to whom be honour and power everlasting. Amen.

It is written that the Anointed Son is the one and only who has immortality. He dwells in the light no man can see, has seen, or can approach. If he only has immortality, what can we say in regards to everyone, and we mean EVERYONE who has preceded us in death? Grandpa, grandma, brothers, sisters, mothers, fathers, movie stars, pastors, and everyone in between; what can we say?

The title of this study is, Where are the Dead: in Heaven, Hell, the Grave, or Paradise?

To be in Heaven, one would be with the Anointed Son, who is on the right hand of the Eternal Father. According to Paul’s letter to Timothy, no one can even approach that light to come near the Anointed Son, let alone the Eternal Father. So the dead are not in Heaven.

What about paradise?

That point of view is not shaping up either, although it can be utilized. The case or parable of Abram’s bosom gives this the light of hope so many people desire for it. Hell is a condition, but in context, it lends itself to the grave. And we have shown that the body goes there but the spirit returns to the Creator who gave it.

Let’s return to Job and he will talk about being left in the grave.

Job 14:1, Man that is born of a woman is of few days and full of trouble. 2, He cometh forth like a flower, and is cut down: he fleeth also as a shadow, and continues not. Skip to verse 10, But man dies, and wastes away: yea, man gives up the ghost, and where is he?

Giving up the ghost is another way of saying “Giving up the spirit of the Almighty, that it is taken away. The prophet says man gives up the spirit and then he asks, where is he from there? After we give up the spirit, what happens, is Job’s question as it is ours.

Continue at verse 11, As the waters fail from the sea, and the flood decays and dries up: 12, So man lies down, and rises not: till the heavens be no more, they shall not awake, nor be raised out of their sleep.

Hold up. When the man gives up the ghost, he lies down and will not rise up again until the heavens are no more. They will sleep and not be awakened out of their sleep. Every movie, book, and visuals in between will show images of “Mama” smiling down from heaven over the family they have left behind. We feel a presence and are told Mama and the dearly departed are with us every step of the way. Most of these messages we receive from the Church. Then we read all of what we have been reading and if you are not scratching your head, well then, you are just not scratching your head. But there is certainly a bit of a contrast between what is taught and what we’re reading.

Verse13, O that thou would hide me in the grave, that thou would keep me secret, until thy wrath be past, that thou would appoint me a set time, and remember me!

That’s a mouthful. In other words, Job says “Father hide me in the grave, keep me secret until your wrath is over. Then set an appointed time for me, and remember me.

Verse 14, If a man die, shall he live again? all the days of my appointed time will I wait, till my change come.

Job, the man of the Almighty, will wait until his change comes. What change is this? The change the Anointed Son received when he was resurrected from the dead. The perfected body that we spoke of earlier that none of the ancestors have of yet. This is according to Paul, the writer of the Book of Hebrews.

All that Are in the Graves

Msindisi’s teachings were vastly amazing. In the book of John, chapter 5, the Anointed Son spoke on the topic of death and resurrection. Here is what he taught:

John 5:24, Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that hears my word, and believes on Him that sent me, hath everlasting life, and shall not come into condemnation; but is passed from death unto life.

25, Verily, verily, I say unto you, The hour is coming, and now is, when the dead shall hear the voice of the Son of the Almighty: and they that hear shall live.

The hour is now activated when the (spiritual) dead will hear the voice of the Son of the Eternal Father, the Almighty. The caveat here; is that those who hear His voice will live. I hope you caught that fastball. The fastball was that not everyone would catch on to the voice of the Father’s Son. There is more. Watch this:

Verse 28, Marvel not at this: for the hour is coming, in the which all that are in the graves shall hear His voice, 29, And shall come forth; they that have done good, unto the resurrection of life; and they that have done evil, unto the resurrection of damnation.

The hour is coming and is currently activated when the spiritually dead will hear the voice of the Son of the Almighty. Those who hear will live. This is about both the spiritually and physically dead. However, the Anointed said we should not be amazed or surprised by this. Why? It is because the hour is coming, but is not yet activated, where ALL that are in the graves will hear the Father’s voice. This suggests that verse 25 of John 5 was indeed about a spiritual death.

The world, the sons of Shem, the sons of Abram, the sons of Akobe, and the 12 tribes, all have fallen into a declining state of morale. This is the reason civilizations and kingdoms have fallen, mostly due to war, disease, and famines. This decline in moral behavior is sin and sin leads to death, a spiritual death first, followed by a physical one.

As Msindisi and the prophets of the Almighty spread the Word, the people who hear the voice of the Almighty are made alive. They are made alive spiritually. They change their lives, they consume the fruits of the spirit, and conduct themselves in alignment with the Great Creator. Nevertheless, they are still every bit human with flaws and decaying physical bodies.

Verses 28 and 29 are high potency. These verses suggest that everyone who has died, they are in a grave. In the grave, they too will hear His voice at a coming hour. As they do, they will come out of their graves. Watch this; if they have done good, they will rise to the resurrection of life. If they have done evil, the resurrection of damnation.

Okay, the original question of this study is Where are the Dead? In Heaven, in hell, the grave, or in Paradise? Based on what we have been reading, it appears they are in the grave, certainly their bodies. Now who, using the Bibles we have today, can refute this?

Asleep in the Dust of the Earth

Daniel the prophet mimicked the words of the Holy Anointed in his vision concerning the latter days. Contemplate Daniel’s Words:

Daniel 12:1 At that time shall Michael stand up, the great prince which standeth for the children of your people: there shall be a time of trouble, such as never was since there was a nation even to that same time: at that time your people shall be delivered, every one that shall be found written in the book.

When Daniel received this message, Jerusalema and Juda were already taken down by Nebuchadnezzar. This was not about 70 AD when the Romans again destroyed Jerusalema and Juda. This vision is of the last days, the time of the end. Michael the archangel will stand up and deliver Daniel’s people. Daniel was a man from the family of Yawada, that is Juda. Juda today is predominantly on the continent we call Africa. However, we call it now, the land of Shem. However, the people of Juda are spread out all over the world.

Verse 2, And many of them that sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt.

It is during this time the resurrection spoken of by Msindisi the Anointed, will take place. However, Daniel said they were asleep in the dust of the earth. Their bodies return to the earth or grave, where they sleep.

Verse 3, But you, O Daniel, shut up the words, and seal the book, even to the time of the end: many shall run to and fro, and knowledge shall be increased.

The mysteries behind what Daniel saw were shut up and sealed away. The point is that this Old Testament prophet is congruent in ideology with those spoken by Msindisi the Anointed. That a time will come when the dead will rise out of their graves or the dust of the earth.

Verse 13, But go thou thy way till the end be: for thou shalt rest, and stand in thy lot at the end of the days.

Even Daniel was told to go his way until the end. He would rest, which is sleep or die, and then at an appointed time, he would stand in his lot. When? At the end of the day, a time which is fast approaching.

The prophets seem to be aligned with this one. See Isaiah chapter 26:

Verse 19, Thy dead men shall live, together with my dead body shall they arise. Awake and sing, ye that dwell in dust: for thy dew is as the dew of herbs, and the earth shall cast out the dead.

The only way out of this is to claim metaphoric literary speech in these writings. Isaiah says our dead men will live together with his dead body they will all arise. Then he commands that the dead awake and sing, those who dwell in dust. The earth will give up or cast out its’ dead people. Which is creepy to think about, but these are the scriptures.

Verse 20, Come, my people, enter thou into thy chambers, and shut thy doors about thee: hide thyself as it were for a little moment, until the indignation be overpast. 21, For, behold, the Almighty cometh out of his place to punish the inhabitants of the earth for their iniquity: the earth also shall disclose her blood, and shall no more cover her slain.

This resurrection takes place when the Almighty, through the Anointed Son and the chief prince Michael, returns to wreak havoc on the earth for sinners. Where are the dead? Heaven, hell, the grave, or paradise; it is for you to discern. We are just presenting information. Verse 20 commanded His people to enter into their chambers. This is their resting place, the grave. They were to shut the door around them, hiding themselves for a little while until all the violence of the earth is over with. The body returns to the dust, the spirit returns to him who gave it.

Who Dwells in the Dust?

Genesis 3:16, Unto the woman he said, I will greatly multiply thy sorrow and thy conception

The Creator handing out consequences for rebellion.

Verse 17, And unto Adam he said, Because thou hast hearkened unto the voice of thy wife… cursed is the ground for thy sake; in sorrow shalt thou eat of it all the days of thy life; 19, In the sweat of thy face shalt thou eat bread, till thou return unto the ground; for out of it wast thou taken: for dust thou art, and unto dust shalt thou return.

When we die, the body returns to the ground, to the dust. The spirit returns to He who gave it.

Do Not Be Ignorant

1st Thessalonians 4:13, But I would not have you to be ignorant, brethren, concerning them which are asleep, that ye sorrow not, even as others which have no hope.

Those who are asleep are those who are deceased. They have preceded us in death.

Verse 14, For if we believe that Msindisi died and rose again, even so them also which sleep in Msindisi will the Almighty bring with him. 15, For this we say unto you by the word of the Almighty, that we which are alive and remain unto the coming of the Almighty shall not prevent them which are asleep.

There is an order of gathering to the Almighty and His Anointed, the deceased go first.

Verse 16, For the Almighty himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of the Almighty. And the dead in the Anointed Son shall rise first: 17, Then we which are alive and remain…

Want to budge the line, the caveat is you have to die first. I am going to be patient and wait it out as best I can. Again when does this happen? Msindisi proclaimed on the last day. Let’s depart with that:

John 6:38 For I came down from heaven, not to do mine own will, but the will of Him that sent me. 39, And this is the Father’s will which hath sent me, that of all which he hath given me I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day.

Raise them up again, at the last day.

Verse 40, And this is the will of Him that sent me, that every one which sees the Son, and believes on him, may have everlasting life: I will raise him up at the last day.

I will raise such person up at the last day. That is twice.

Verse 44, No man can come to me, except the Father which hath sent me draw him: I will raise him up at the last day.

The Eternal Father has to draw you to Him and to do that He will draw you toward Msindisi the Anointed. From thence, you will be raised on the last day. That’s the third time he has mentioned it this way in this passage.

Verse 54, Whoso eats my flesh, and drinks my blood, hath eternal life; I will raise him up at the last day.

This is an odd statement, but it is a parable. The Almighty Creator does not do blood sacrifices. Msindisi tells us that the blood and flesh or bread are His words. In other words, if we consume his words and do them, we have eternal life and will be raised or changed on the last day. That is four times.

So, Minister Koko, it appears you are saying that everyone who has ever died since Adam until today is deceased still. They are still sleeping, like it is one good ole nap; is that what you’re saying, Minister Koko?

Based on what we gathered from the scriptures, that is what the prophets and chief prophet, the Holy Anointed Son stated.

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